Car-standard.



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UAR STANDARD.

APPLICATION FILED 00w. 17,1908.

934,802, Patented Sept. 21, 1909.

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APPLIGATION FILED OOT. 17,1908.

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JAMES FLOYD FENDER, OF STOCKTON, GEORGIA.

CAR-STANDARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1909.

Application filed October 17, 1908. Serial No. 458,320.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs F. FENDER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Stockton, in the county of Clinch and State of Georgia, haveinvented a new and useful Car-Standard; and I do-hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The invention relates to improvements in car standards and has for itsobject to provide standards for a car or vehicle composed of iron orother suitable strong material, capable of being locked in a verticalposition or which can be arranged in a horizontal position when desired.

Another object of the device is to provide means for connecting the twostandards together and for tensioning the same when desired.

With-these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described andshown and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pair of mystandards shown applied to a car. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one ofthe standards shown in a horizontal position. Fig. 3 is a verticalsectional view taken through a portion of the upper end of the standard.Fig. 4: is an enlarged view showing a plan of the mechanism for lockingthe pivoted lever.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a standard mounted on a plate 2,which plate is connected with the body of the car. In practice, theplate can be formed integrally with the car if desired. The standard 1is pivotally connected with the plate 2 as at 3. The plate 2 is providedwith shoulders or stops 4 and 5. These stops prevent the standard frommoving in one direction when in a vertical position. When it is desiredto lock the standard in a vertical position the lower end of a lockinglever 6 is pressed inwardly which engages the shoulder t as clearlyshown in Fig. 1

of the drawings. In order to prevent the lower end of the lever 6 fromswinging too far outwardly, a rigid block 7 is provided.

. WVhen it is desired to lock the standards in their vertical position,after the lever 6 has been brought into engagement with the shoulder 4,a slotted locking pin is pressed downward between the block 7 and thelever 6 which forces the lower end of the lever inwardly, as will bereadily understood.

The upper end of each standard is provided with a spring hook 9 whichengages a loop 10 of one end of a rod. The rods 11 and 12 each extendapproximately from a standard to about half way between the twostandards. The inner end of the rod 12 is screw threaded and engages aturn buckle 13. The turn buckle 13 is swiveled to a short rod 14 whichrod 14 is connected with the rod 11. It will be seen that the rods 11.and 12 can be readily tightened by rotating the turn buckle.

IVhat is claimed is:

1. A device of the class described, comprising a car, a standardpivotally connected thereto, a shoulder adjoining the lower portion ofsaid car and arranged adjacent the lower end of said standard, a leverpivotally connected to said standard and adapted to engage saidshoulder, for locking said standard in a vertical position.

2. A device of the class described comprising a car, a standardpivotally mounted thereon, a lever arranged longitudinally of saidstandard and pivotally connected thereto, a shoulder connected with saidcar adapted to be engaged by said lever, a slotted member pivotallyconnected with said stand ard, and adapted to engage said lever forpreventing the accidental release thereof, substantially as described.

3. A device of the class described, comprising acar, a standardpivotally mounted thereon, said standard being capable of assuming avertical or horizontal position and a locking lever pivotally connectedto said standard for locking the same in a vertical position, and arigid block mounted on said standard and adapted to limit the outwardmovement of the lower end of said locking lever. I

L. The combination of a pair of standards having their upper endsprovided with spring hooks, rods having looped ends adapt-v ed to engagesaid spring hooks, and means for tensioning said rods.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of L0 two subserlblng Witnesses.

JAMES FLOYD FENDER.

\Vitnesses:

HENRY B. PHILLIPs, E. J. FU'roH.

